To get us
started can you tell us a little about what you are working on or have coming
out?
My next release is
Instant Families with Breathless Press.
If
someone hasn't read any of your work, what book would you recommend that they
start with and why?
Taming the Outback
was my first book and still my favorite. I have a thing for strong women and
Libby is certainly that. She is a widow with two unruly kids struggling to make
ends meet when an inheritance gives her the chance to start over.
She didn't factor a
surly neighbor in the mix and sparks fly when she comes head to head with
Nathan.
Where do you find the inspirations for your stories?
I
swear my brain never turns off. Everything I look at or hear twigs something in
my brain and it goes through a process. Would that work, how would I do that?
Drives me nuts some days.
If you had a reporter follow you around
for the day, what would the readers get to see in your daily schedule?
When you begin your stories, do you go with the flow, or go with an
outline?
I
go with the flow. Once I tried to outline and got into a hopeless mess. My
characters refused to do what I wanted and retaliated terribly. Now I stick to
being a pantser and it works for me.
What makes your characters so vulnerable
yet strong? Can you describe them to us? What do you do when characters stop
talking to you when writing?
We all have our flaws and my characters are no different. As
handsome as my hero is, he is alone and wants what we do, love and someone to
come home to each night. Jake is a widow with a young family who lost his wife
after a short marriage. When he sees Sara move into town he realizes he has the
capacity to love again and sets out to woo her. Sadly Sara has no self esteem
coming from a broken marriage and has decided that family and love are not for
her.
Just as well Jake doesn't take no for an answer.
When my characters stop talking to me I hammer then until
they start again. Seriously. I can be very annoying when I put my mind to it.
It's easier to give in than listen to me nag.
Is music a factor for you while you are writing? Do certain songs put you in the right frame of mind to write certain stories?
Is music a factor for you while you are writing? Do certain songs put you in the right frame of mind to write certain stories?
Most definitely and I usually listen to the same CD over and
over when I write. It helps block out the outside world. At the moment I'm
listening to Pink - The Truth About Love
What do you feel is the most important thing that a first-time author should know?
What do you feel is the most important thing that a first-time author should know?
It won't be an easy road but nothing worth having is. Your
editor won't be as uncritical as your family. You need to learn to go with the
criticism if you want to grow as a writer.
Instant Families, coming to Breathless Press at end of July 2013
Contemporary Romance
About the author:
Divorcee Sara makes the move to a new town hoping to heal her broken heart.
She settles into work and life but breaks her own rules falling for a widower with two children.
Can Jake convince her to give their love a chance or will her fear of being a mother ruin what they could have together.
About the author:
Ann
swears she was born with a book in her hands and has never put it down. A
lifelong love of reader has finally culminated in achieving her dream of
writing...and publication.
She
lives in the middle of the desert in a small mining town with her own handsome
hero of many years. Ann has always loved the ups and downs of life in small
communities and she shares this with readers in her rural romances.
Strong
sexy heroines with a good dash of sass thrown in feature in her stories. Of
course these women need an equally strong hero. Bring on the outback hero and
watch the passion ignite.
When
not writing Ann enjoys reading, gardening, walking her very large dog Hugo and
fighting with her computer.
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